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Category Archives: The Drill
Health benefits of marriage v. cohabitation
We all know… or should know… that we cannot lie to God. Apparently we can’t lie to ourselves either. God made us that way. A priest friend in the great state of Texas sent this to me from Live Science: … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged cohabitation, marriage
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VIDEO: Iowa Democrats Praying For Abortion Care
The other day a member of the Iowa Democrat Party (aka The Party of Death or TPOD hereafter) said that having a colicky baby (a baby that cries a lot) is a justification for abortion. Now I see this, also … Read More
Ohio National Guard trains for 2nd Amendment terrorists
From Media Trackers: Ohio National Guard Training Envisions Right-Wing Terrorism Documents from an Ohio National Guard (ONG) training drill conducted last January reveal the details of a mock disaster where Second Amendment supporters with “anti-government” opinions were portrayed as domestic … Read More
Upcoming Synod, marriage confusion and ‘Casti connubii’
From a professorial reader concerned about the Church’s teaching on marriage, divorce, and the reception of Communion by the “remarried” come a helpful contribution. He describes it (slightly edited): I have to admit that I am concerned about the upcoming … Read More
Canonist Ed Peters tears up anti-Catholic John Cornwell’s falsehoods about Pius X and confession
The Canonical Defender is back! Canonist Ed Peters has taken it on himself to correct a few of the myriad – and I suggest purposeful – errors/lies in John Cornwell’s new anti-Catholic hit job. Remember how Cornwell distorted the record … Read More
Harvesting Conciliar “fruits”: half of adults polled think Harry Potter and Hunger Games could be Biblical
It often seems that, these days, the odds are never in our favor. I take time out from my furious conference preparation (on art coming up in Detroit) to present something that only confirms the great fruits of Vatican II and the … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Liberals, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Pò sì jiù, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, Vatican II, You must be joking!
Tagged Catholic education, dissent, fruits of Vatican II, Gregory Baum, Harry Potter, Jesuits, Thomas Groome, Vagina Monologues, Vatican II
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61 Comments
Have the civil rights of any group (besides the unborn) been trampled by U.S. courts more than Catholic priests?
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is being torn limb from limb by the hyper-liberal MSM in the Twin Cities. There are some clerical abuse cases in the spotlight right now. It is a kind of perfect hideous storm. … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Clerical Sexual Abuse, Goat Rodeos, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The Religion of Peace, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged anti-catholicism, Archd. St. Paul and Minneapolis, clerical sexual abuse
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31 Comments
“Who am I to judge?”, thrown in your face? Fr. Z says, “Don’t let them get away with it!”
Mention the Pope’s interview “on the airplane” and we all know immediately what phrase is going to pop up. The rafters are still rattling. “Who am I to judge?” What did the Pope really say? (Italian HERE) Remember the context: … Read More
Bp. DiMarzio: Obama proposes what is “shameful and criminal in the eyes of Almighty God”
Fr. Z kudos to Brooklyn’s bishop Most Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio. It is dated, but it is good, and still relevant. With a biretta tip Pewsitter and to Veneremur Cernui I saw this at CNSNews: Catholic Bishop: Obama Is ‘Proponent’ of … Read More
Legatus awardee John Smeaton: bishops should deny Communion to pro-abortion pols
From LifeSite we find little coverage of the Legatus Summit I just attended: Deny communion to pro-abort politicians: Legatus pro-life award winner to world’s bishops ORLANDO, FL, February 10, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The annual Legatus Summit, held this year at … Read More
